chant
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Origin of chant
Related Words for chant
hymn, shout, melody, singing, tune, mantra, recite, intone, lilt, song, warble, incantation, psalm, intonation, croon, carol, trill, descant, vocalize, chorusExamples from the Web for chant
Contemporary Examples of chant
The owner of the original video of the “dead cops” chant told me it was taken on 32nd Street between 5th and Madison avenues.
The same night the “dead cops” chant was recorded, two police officers were attacked on the Brooklyn Bridge.
A car parked at a red light honked its horn in rhythm with the chant as the crowd passed in front of it.
Some of the marchers began to chant at the anarchists, reminding them that the movement is bigger than them.
Chant: Ve-al kulam, Eloha selichot, selach lanu, mechal lanu, kaper lanu.
Jews and Non-Jews Need to Repent for the Sins of the U.S. and IsraelRabbi Michael Lerner
September 24, 2014
Historical Examples of chant
Then, if you like, we can chant confidences in an antiphonal chorus.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
And then all the voices, the thousands of voices, began the chant of adoration and gratitude.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
You ought to hear Angie and the rest of 'em chant hymns of glory about him.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
That doleful wailing song of hers was the first chant of madness.
The House Under the SeaSir Max Pemberton
At last he began to chant the death-song, which he had learned from the older braves.